Hi,
The M44C and M44-7 are the same cartridge and the stylus is what makes them different.
If you put the m44-7 stylus on, you will need to reduce the tracking weight of the arm to under 3 grams.
You won't get less skips and jumps with the 7. The M44 C is better suited for that tonearm. I have tried the M44 7 myself on a continental and on a rock Ola and they really require a better tone arm setup with a counterbalance weight as opposed to the spring.
My advice is use the M44 C stylus. Whatever the cartridge is labelled up as , 7 or C, it is the same. Usually the 7 stylus is white and the C is light blue.
Nigel, uk
On 20 Mar 2023 at 11:00, Federico Croci via Jukebox-list jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com wrote:
Hello everyone!
I found a Shure M44-7 cartridge installed on my AMI Continental 2.
I'd like to fit it with a N44-C stylus, as some of the 45 records I use are obviously not in very good conditions; I'd like to find out if I can reduce the skips and jumps I have when playing them.
My question is - if I install a replacement N44-C stylus on a M44-7 cartridge, I'll have the correct tracking force for the N44-C stylus, or I should install it on a M44-7 cartridge for better results? I'm interested in the tracking force alone, small differences in audio quality does not really matter.
The tracking force should be a matter of the stylus installed, not the cartridge, am I correct...?
Thanks...!
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